Uncontrollable Beauty: Toward a New Aesthetics

by David Shapiro, Bill Beckley (Editor)

In this acclaimed art anthology, a prestigious group of artists, critics, and literati offer their incisive reflections on the questions of beauty, past, present, and future, and how it has become a domain of multiple perspectives.

Here is Meyer Schapiro’s skeptical argument on perfection . . . contributions from artists as profound as Louise Bourgeois and Agnes Martin . . . and reflections of critics, curators, and philosophers on the problems of beauty and relativism. Readers will find fascinating insights from such art theorists and critics as Dave Hickey, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Donald Kuspit, Carter Ratcliff, and dozens more.

Genres: Art

448 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Karie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shapiro is preaching to my choir. Amen.